Canadian bishops apologize for abuses, ongoing trauma of Indigenous September 27, 2021By Brian Dryden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Canada’s Catholic bishops have “unequivocally” apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system and have raised the possibility of a visit by the pope to Canada as part of the “healing journey” between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the church.
Catholic Review Media names new managing editor, reporter and social media specialist September 27, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News George Matysek Jr., a member of the Catholic Review newsroom for more than 24 years, has been named managing editor of Catholic Review Media effective Sept. 27.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Migration and the pandemic September 27, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News, Radio Interview Bill O’Keefe, executive vice president for Mission, Mobility and Advocacy for Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, speaks about migration, the coronavirus pandemic and how foreign policy can respect the dignity of all people.
Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas September 26, 2021By Patrick Downes Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Hawaii bid aloha to Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army Korean War chaplain and candidate for sainthood Sept. 23.
Movie Review: ‘Cry Macho’ September 24, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Clint Eastwood directed and stars in the gentle, though naive, road movie “Cry Macho” (Warner Bros.).
SSPX leader says vaccination can be morally ‘prudent’ September 24, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News While denouncing as an “abuse of power” coercive measures to promote vaccination against COVID-19, a leader of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said getting vaccinated “may sometimes be an eminently prudent act in the moral sense of the term.”
Armenian bishops elect former U.S. pastor as patriarch September 24, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church elected Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, the ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, to be their church’s new patriarch.
Partners in Excellence celebrates 25 years helping children gain a Catholic education September 24, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools PIE launched in 1996, when Cardinal William H. Keeler brought together partners in the community who cared about Baltimore, young people and their future.
Share God’s love, don’t just lament lack of faith, pope tells bishops September 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Bishops and others in the Catholic Church often lament the declining number of Christians, but rarely do they examine their own behavior and failure to show others how much God loves them, Pope Francis told the presidents of European bishops’ conferences.
Rosary Congress to kick off with 4.7-mile walk in Baltimore September 23, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News This year’s annual Rosary Congress will kick off with a walking pilgrimage from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to the Baltimore Basilica on Oct. 2.
Bill to codify Roe called one of most ‘extreme’ abortion bills seen in U.S. September 23, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021, introduced in the U.S. Senate and House June 8 and currently moving through various committees in both chambers, “is nothing short of child sacrifice,” said Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco.
John Garvey, CUA president, stepping down in June September 22, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington since 2010, announced Sept. 22 that he will be stepping down from the role he described as “an honor and a privilege” at the end of June.
